Closing of jars, bottles, or the like



1,613,472 Jan' 4 1927 E. MAINGONNAT CLOSING OF JARS, BOTTLES. OR THE LIKE Filed Jan. 23.' 1926 2 Smets-.sneerv 1 Fig.)

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E. MAINGONNAT CLOSING OF JARS, BOTTLES, OR THE LIKE Filed Jan. 23. 1926 f 2 Sheets-Sheet4 Patented Jan. 4, A1927.

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EUGENE MAINGONNAT, or rams, FRANCE.

CLOSING OF JARS, BOTTLES, OR THE LIKE.

Application filed January 23, 1926, Serial No. 83,374, and in France Methods for the closing of jars, bottles or like vessels are already known in which there is employed a wire, cord or the like which is disposed vertically around the vessel in slots or grooves which 'are formed in the vessel and its cover. i

But in this closing method the cord or the like cannot be tightly stretched, and for this reason the cover will not be properly held in place.

I propose to obviate such drawbacks by providing at the part situated between the cover or stopper and the body of the vessel a restricted portion wherein the last turns of the cord can be wound horizontally around the vertical strands; so that the horizontal part of the cord can be tightened in such manner as to stretch the vertical strands with great force whereby the cover will be properly held in position.

The appended drawinos show by way of example two embodiments of my invention.

Figure l and Figure 2 are respectively sectional and plan views of a provided with my said closing means.

Figure 3 and Figure 4 show respectively a front and a side elevation of a bottle which is provided with like closing means.

In Figures l and 2, the jar i' and its cover are lield together by a' binding element t* such as a cord, wire or the like, which is disposed in the grooves l0 having a cross shape, which in this particular device are formed by the spaces between the bosses ll. formed on the bottom and on the cover of the jar. .As'observeth the said bosses have a fiat surface whereby the vessels may be placed upon one another. I employ a plastic packing` member l2 oiiiering the proper tightness, and this may be improved by the use of an anniilar groove lili in the cover, cooperating with an annular rib 13 on the jar.

According to the invention, the jar has a smaller cross section at 22 below the cover 8, so that the cord 9 can be in the first place disposed in the grooves l() so as to make several crossed turns in the vertical direction, and the cord can then be given arfew February 10, 1925.

l18. The stopper 2O is provided with a single groove 2l.

'Ihe width of the stopper 2O in the direction of the groove 2l is sufiicient to afford a suitable restricted portion adjacent the bottle neck 24, so that one or more horizontal turns of cord 25 can be wound upon the vertical turns of the cord 19 which are engaged in the grooves of the bottle and of the stopper in the known manner.

I claim: In combination with a receptacle having the neck portion thereof constricted, a cap receivable over the same formed with a marginal flange disposed outwardly and away from the surface of said constricted neck, an annular rib integral with the bottom of said receptacle having pairs of relatively opposed grooves formed therein, pairs of bosses integral with the upper surface of said cap adapted to be arranged so that the ways between the saine are disposed coiiicideiitaliy with the grooves in the annular rib, and a flexible binding member disposed vertically of the receptacle and passed through the grooves in the annular rib and the ways between said bosses, a portion of said flexible binding j member being arranged horizontzilly of and snugly about the constiicted neck portion of the receptacle arid over the adjacent vertically disposed portion of said member whereby to draw tho frame inwardly toward the adjacent surface of the constricted neck portion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. v

EUGENE lviAING-ONNAT.

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